The best Webb Site in the World
Here at the Webb home, we celebrate with sweet treats. The Superbowl was no exception. Check out these cute Rice Krispy Treat footballs I made for the big game. They have peanut butter in them and are delicious! They kind of look like meat, so Chad said to tell people they were sausage balls. I guess you could make football-shaped sausage balls or mini meat-loafs then pipe mashed potatoes for the laces. Who knows? Maybe I will try it sometime.
It isn’t exactly our wedding anniversary yet, but today marks the 2 year anniversary of our first date. It seems like yesterday, yet so much has changed since then. I have gotten to know Chad more and more over these past 2 years, and I love him more today than ever. Happy anniversary, Chad! I love you!
OK, so it’s not so much a blizzard, but it is the first snow we have seen on our house… and my second day off school in a row.
Here is the view from the front door and the backdoor while it was snowing. I didn’t want to go out there.
Our little snow-capped home. Happy winter!
Here are some pictures from the ice storm. What else was I going to do on my snow day? It is supposed to snow tonight, and our WKU classes got cancelled. Yay! Maybe we will have more pictures tomorrow.
This is is one of our little trees in our little backyard.
This is the large tree that hangs over our bedroom. There are several trees down around town, so Chad is really worried about this big guy.
The bushes in the front- they look pretty.
Grassicles!
Brrrrr… even the garden flag is frozen.
Although it is nice to have the day off school, I don’t like the fact that AT&T has no service right now. I’m not ignoring your call!
This Saturday morning, Chad and I packed our bags and headed out on the road with one thing in mind… Celine Dion! Ok, Chad, not so much, but I was looking forward to that evening when Celine would be in concert in Atlanta. Jessie and I were able to go thanks to Brendan. He bought her tickets and invited me to go with her. My sisters, my mom, and I saw Celine Dion in concert in Las Vegas back in ’04, and Jessie and I had both gotten her newest CD for Christmas last year, so we were super excited about seeing her again. We had high expectations, and we hoped that this concert would be better than the show in Vegas.
You see, the costume changes in Vegas were what seemed like 30 minutes as we watched practically a ballet. That wasn’t so bad, but when she started to sing “Love Can Move Mountains,” she told everyone to stand, and so we did. Then, on the next song, she said to stay standing. How could refuse? Celine Dion just told us to stand. Well, apparently, the people behind us didn’t like that and a gentleman commanded, “Young lady, this is not a rock concert. Sit down.” We didn’t right away, but we eventually chickened out and sat. It kind of ruined the rest of the concert for us.
Well, this time in Atlanta, we had a much better time. The costume changes were a lot faster, and no one told us to sit down. I felt like it was more of concert where we could sing along (which we did) and not just passively watch a show. It was a great time!
I was off school on Monday for MLK day, so Chad took off too. We had a nice long weekend and were able to see the Bodies Exhibition, which the rest of the Webbs saw over the summer. It was pretty interesting. The body is so complex. Who else, but God, could have designed something so amazing? It kind of makes me appreciate doctors, who have to understand all of the things that make us function. The neatest part was seeing real embryos and fetuses at different ages (2 weeks up to 28 weeks). It is incredible to see how small we begin and how quickly a baby forms into being.
They had a combo for the Bodies exhibit and another tour called “Dailog in the Dark.” It was a tour guided by a blind person, and it is in complete darkness. We each got walking canes to help, but we mostly had to rely on our other senses. It was really cool. At first, it was a little scary. I guess that is because it reminded me of a haunted house, and I feared any moment someone would jump out to scare me. It also made me nervous because there were 8 of us, and the first thing our guide said was, “Come toward my voice and go through this door.” I thought, we’re all going to run into each other. As it turns out, there was a lot of that, but no one ever got hurt. Once I got used to it, I just remembered what they had told us before the tour- no where else would we be able to experience something like this in a safe environment.
Knowing that it was safe, I let go and explored the surroundings. We both had a lot of fun, and I was trying to be the first person to find the things the guide asked us to find or describe to her what I felt. I think Chad and I were the best. I found the cooler at the grocery store and Chad was able to identify the type of car parked on the side of the street. I won’t tell you what it was in case you get to go. If you do get a chance to check it out, I would defeintely recommend Dialog in the Dark. It is a very unique experience, and it helps you appreciate what you have.
Today was Chad’s first game of the season, and he looked so cute in his coach’s shirt as he shouted “Go Lady Wolverines!” He is coaching 3rd and 4th girls basketball with Upward. He coached last year too and he does a great job of it. I’m so proud of my hubby and the service he does.
You may recall that back in November, Chad and I attended a murder mystery dinner in which we won a pretty necklace. Although lovely, the red jewelry was just not me. So, I contacted the local silversmith who created it, Kay Zoretic, and she kindly agreed to let me exchange the necklace for something I would like. I looked on her website Etsy.com. There were several pieces that I liked and she told me she could design a new piece just for me. After some communication, I decided on a three circle silver necklace and matching earrings. We finally met up today to make the exchange. Here are the earrings and necklace she made for me.
I like them a lot and think they will be nice to wear with anything. She is going to take parts of the “murder mystery jewelry” and create other pieces of jewelry. I will keep my eye out for pieces of my former prize on her website.
Chad and I feel so blessed to have our house. We love living here. We have really been looking forward to decorating it for Christmas, so as soon as we got back after Thanksgiving, we hauled out all the decorations. It was lots of fun, and now our house feels more festive. Last year after Christmas, we bought a bunch of stuff on clearance. Every time I pulled something else out of a bag or unwrapped it from tissue paper, it was like opening a present.
Last year, Chad got me a stocking with my initial on it in rhinestones. We got it out and hung it up on the mantle. It looked so lovely, but then I realized we won’t have matching stockings. The big fuzzy red ones are going to look funny next to mine. Oh well, I thought, we’ll just have to look for something close. Later, as I was looking through our clearance items, I pulled out another bag and low and behold, there was a stocking that matched mine with a rhinestone “C.”
We love sitting in our home with no lights on but the lights from the tree. Here are some pictures of our decorations.
Does anyone listen to 88.1 Way FM in the morning? The show is “Mornings with Brant.” If you were listening yesterday around 7:20, you might have heard me on the radio. I was the one who won the kamikaze karaoke. Brant played his accordion and sang a line from Little Drummer Boy. “Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum” Two people before me guessed, but were wrong. Then, when they got to me, I sang “The ox and lamb kept time, ba rum bum bum bum.” He acted like he wasn’t going to give it to me because I said “ba rum bum bum bum” instead of “pa rum pum pum pum,” but they eventually decided that I won! I won a CD, but I don’t even know what it is yet. I thought that was cool because it’s not just a local station or anything. The best part was that they recorded it during a commercial break so I had time to call Chad and tell him to turn it to 88.1 and he was able to listen to it. Anyway, did anybody else hear me?
Monday afternoon, Chad sent me an email telling me that he had plans for a date on Thursday night, but it was a surprise. Fortunately, Chad is not very good at keeping secrets from me, so by Tuesday, I knew the plans- a murder mystery dinner!
So tonight we went to the L & N Depot and watched the performance put on by the Fountain Square Players. We went through different cable cars to hear from all the different suspects. It was fun. The mystery was set in the 1950s, so guests were encouraged to dress from that era. It’s a good thing that Chad broke down and told me where we were going. It was funny when we first got there because we didn’t see anybody dressed up, and we thought everybody was going to be staring at us. No one did though and more showed up in dress as the night went on. There was a prize for the people who had the best outfit. Chad and I could have totally won that, but we didn’t. I wore a skirt, cardigan, and a scarf around my neck, and Chad wore his letter jacket from high school. I have to admit, we were cute.
There was another prize for whoever could solve the mystery. Chad and I thought it was the financial advisor, Aldo Soldi, and we were right. Everyone who solved it correctly got their name put in a basket and then they drew the winner. Guess who it was? That’s right, it was me and Chad. Well, technically, it was Chad’s paper (we both turned one in) but we are a team. The prize? A necklace. Yeah, that’s right a necklace. I know it’s kind of weird prize, but apparently it was designed by a local silversmith especially for the event and has a retail value of $145. It’s not really me, so I don’t know what we are going to do with it yet, but it’s neat that we won.
Chad did a great job planning a wonderful date night. It was lots of fun and memorable. Thanks, Chad. I love you!